FROM THE 1993
ATLANTA JOURNAL - CONSTITUTION
SOUTHERN LIFE POLL

Heritage and Pride:

Who visits Civil War Battlefields? Percent saying yes.

All Southerners.........58%
Rest of U.S. ...............42%
White Southerners....71%
Black Southerners.....25%

Would the South be better as a separate country today?

All Southerners....................................16%
Lifetime Southerners...........................20%
Lived in the South 10 years or less.....9%
Black Southerners................................27%
College graduates.................................7%
High school education or less..............24%
Live in suburbs.....................................6%
Live in rural areas................................22%

What the Confederate flag represents.

The flag is a symbol of racial conflict:

All Southerners..........................22%
White Southerners.....................14%
Black Southerners.....................43%
Non-Southerners........................16%

The flag is a symbol of Southern Heritage:

All Southerners...........................61%
White Southerners......................73%
Black Southerners.......................27%
Non-Southerners.........................68%

The flag is a symbol of < no opinion >

All Southerners............................17%
White Southerners.......................13%
Black Southerners........................29%
Non-Southerners..........................16%

What caused the Civil War?

The war was fought about slavery:

All Southerners..................................48%
Southerners 18 to 44 years of age.....53%
Southerners 45 years and older........43%
The rest of the U.S. ............................51%

The war was fought about something else:

All Southerners..................................41%
Southerners 18 to 44 years of age.....39%
Southerners 45 years and older........43%
The rest of the U.S. ............................39%

The war was fought about <no opinion> :

All Southerners...................................11%
Southerners 18 to 44 years of age.....8%
Southerners 45 years and older........15%
The rest of the U.S. ............................11%

Percentages may not total 100 because of rounding source.

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